Private company

Air Bishkek

Logo: airbishkek.kg³

Kyrgyz airline

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded¹

HeadquartersBishkek¹
Websitewww.airbishkek.kg

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Air Bishkek (Russian: Эйр Бишкек) was an airline based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with its operational base at Manas International Airport. It was founded as Eastok Avia (E4/EAA) in 2006 and renamed to Kyrgyz Airways. In 2011 the airline was again rebranded into Air Bishkek. Due to alleged poor safety standards in Kyrgyzstan, the airline has been included in the List of air carriers banned in the European Union since 12 October 2006. The airline stopped operating in February 2016 after experiencing financial difficulties. As of June 2016, its Air Operator Certificate has been suspended.²

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Destinations

Air Bishkek operated flights to the following destinations:

China

Ürümqi – Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport

Kyrgyzstan

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Bishkek – Manas International Airport (base)

Osh – Osh Airport (base)

Russia

Irkutsk – International Airport Irkutsk

Moscow – Moscow Domodedovo Airport

Surgut – Surgut International Airport

Belgorod - Belgorod International Airport

Novosibirsk – Tolmachevo Airport

Yekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport

Fleet

The Air Bishkek fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):

Maintenance

Kyrgyz Airways contracted Turkish Technic under a maintenance services agreement for its Boeing B737-300 for May 2010.

From Wikipedia’s article on Air Bishkek, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Timeline

2016Dissolved Dissolved¹
2006Founded Founded¹

Sources

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WikidataAir Bishkek on Wikidata
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WikipediaAir Bishkek on Wikipedia
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Company websiteAir Bishkek logo
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WikipediaAir Bishkek on Wikipedia (revision used)
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Wikimedia CommonsAir Bishkek photo by Nikiforov Konstantin, GFDL 1.2